Combination milk-bottle opener and cover



June 29 1926. 1,590,557

- R. B. SPIKES COMBINATION MILK BOTTLE OPENER AND COVER Filed Feb. 24,1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEY (910M205. Sparta Wag;

UNITED sreras OFFICE.

RICHARD BOVTIE srngns, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, assreuon orONE-HALF 'ro TOM COFFIS, or sen raancrsco, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION MILK-BOTTLE OPENER AND COVER.

Application filed February 24, 1925.

The present invention relates to improvements in milk bottle openers andcontemplates the disclosure of an opener of this character that isconstructed to take the place of the cover of the milk bottle after thelatter has been removed.

It is proposed to construct a milk bottle opener in such a manner thatthe operating element for the same is made cup-shaped and of a form tofit into the neck opening of the bottle so as to furnish a cover for thesame.

It is further proposed to construct the milk bottle opener in such amanner that a piercing element is provided in operative and fixedrelation to the cup-shaped element irsuch a manner that the forefingermay be used to encircle the cup-shaped element and to force the piercingmember into the cover and toward the thumb resting on the outside of theneck of the bottle and bearing against the bead usually provided at thetop end of milk bottles.

Further objects and advantages of my device will appear as thespecification proceeds.

The preferred form .of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 shows my opener serving as a cap or closurefor the milk bottle.

Figure 2 a top plan view of the same arrangement.

Figure 3 a vertical section through the same taken along line ZHIH ofFigure Figure i a vertical section taken at right angles thereto, and

Figure 5 a partially sectional view illustrating the use of my device asan opener for the bottle.

While I have shown only the preferred form of the invention, it shouldbe under stood that various changes or modifications may be made withinthe scope of the claim hereto attached without departing from the spiritof the invention.

The milk bottle 1 which is of conventional form and of which only theupper portion is shown in the drawings is provided with an annular head2 at its upper end and with an internal seat 3 adapted to receive SerialNo. 11,273.

the cover 4 which latter is usually made of a piece of cardboard fittingtightly on the seat 8.

My opener comprises a cup-shaped element 6 consisting of a base 7 and anannular flange 8 fitting in the neck opening of the bottle, the flangepreferably flaring outwardly so that it may lie on the upper edge of thebottle, as shown at 9. The flange is provided with two projections 0rears 11 extending from the periphery of the flange at diametricallyopposite points and describing with the adjacent flanged portion a curvecausing the extreme ends of the two cars to return to and preferablyslightly extend beyond the plane of the base 7 of the cup. From thepoint of juncture of one of these ears with the flange a sharp toot-h 12slants so as to point toward the extended center line of the cup 6, thetooth being preferably formed by being pressed out of the material ofthe flange as shown at 13.

The cup-shaped element 6 is formed so that it may be convenientlygripped by the forefinger of the hand encircling the flange of the cupwith the front end of the finger disposed near the ear 11 having thetooth 12 associated therewith in such a manner that the extreme end ofthe ear 11 bears on the first knuckle of the finger adjacent the nailthereof. hen held in that position the tooth 12 may be easily forcedinto the material of the cover 4 when the thumb "ears on the outside ofthe neck of the bottle, preferably on the bead 2 while the middle fingerrests on the base 7 of the cup.

It will be seen that once the tooth 12 is introduced in the manner shownin Figure 5, the cover 4 may be easily drawn away from its seat by akind of a scooping action. After the cover has been removed, the cupused as a handle for operating the tooth 12 may be inverted and placedover the bottle opening in the manner illustrated in F igures 1 to 4,whereby the ears ll serve to hold the cup in place.

I claim:

An opener for a milk bottle having a cover seated in the opening thereofcomprising a cup-shaped operating element adapted to have its flangegripped by the forefinger 0f the operator While the middlefinger bearson the base of the element, an ear extending from the flange curved uponitself to cause its end to return to the gripping forefinger, and apiercing element pressed out of the ear at its curve and point-- ingtoward the extended center line of the cap so as to allow the forefingerto cooperate With the thumb resting on the neck of the bottle in pushingthe piercing element into the cover.

RICHARD BOWVIE SPIKES.

